Lay and Stake

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Lay

Lay verb - To risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event.

Usage example: I'll lay five dollars that you can't do it

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Stake is a synonym for lay in bet topic. In some cases you can use "Stake" instead a verb "Lay", when it comes to topics like play, gambling. popular alternative

Nearby Words: laying, laid

Stake

Stake verb - To risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event.

Usage example: I'd stake a year's salary that she'll win the general election

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Lay is a synonym for stake in bet topic. You can use "Lay" instead a verb "Stake", if it concerns topics such as gambling, assert. popular alternative

Nearby Words: staked, staking

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soul	lay soul	stake soul
life	lay life	stake life
claim	lay claim	stake claim
hand	lay hand	stake hand
Other words: way, times, lives.

Both words in one sentence

After she fulfilled her end of the bargain, he left her alive, but tied at a stake where nobody would lay anything other than fire.

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The animated Swiss parody "Nosferatu Tango" drives a stake into this trope: The innocent young woman took Brand ZZZZZ sleeping pills, which also lay Nosferatu to (eternal) sleep when the morning comes.

Source: Film / Nosferatu
I have a sonne seven years old; Hee is to me full deere; I will tye him to a stake All shall see him that bee here And lay an apple upon his head, And goe six [score] paces him froe, And I myself with a broad arrowe Shall cleave the apple in towe.

Source: William Telling

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